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ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE
Tennis
By Zak Jones and Adam Hahn, Tennis Coaches
Despite fielding relatively young sides and
not having an extensive fixture list, the senior
girls’ tennis teams enjoyed a very successful
season and, with so many Fifth Form and
Lower Sixth players in the ranks, this bodes
extremely well for next season.
The 1st VI with Kyla Haslett-Hawkins
(
Dragon
) and Hattie Harries-Jones (
Dragon
)
to the fore, started the season well with a
hard earned 4.5-4.5 draw against a strong
Cheltenham College VI. They then went
on to record comfortable wins against
Bloxham (8-1), with the Upper Sixth pairing
of Eleanore Wood OSE and Lucy Higgins
OSE dominant, and MCS (8-4), before
suffering a disappointing loss to Dean
Close (0-9). They finished the season with
an impressive 5-4 win over a very strong
Bradfield side with Clara Wilson (
Cheam
)
and Emily Potter (
Queen Anne’s
) and Kitty
Lloyd (
Cheam
) and Harriet Batstone (
St
Hugh’s
) performing well.
The 2nd VI really showcased the strength
in depth of the girls’ senior school tennis,
remaining unbeaten throughout the term
and recording comprehensive victories
throughout. They started with a 9-0 win
over Cheltenham College, then defeated
Bloxham, MCS and Dean Close by the
same score line, before dropping their
only set of the summer in an 8-1 win over
Bradfield. The squad contained the following
pairs – Clara Wilson/Emily Potter, Georgia
Boardman (
Francis Holland
)/Flora Lloyd
(
Cheam
), Danielle Lim (
Windlesham House
)/
Natasha Tisminieszky OSE and many of
these girls were more than capable of playing
and at times did play in the 1st VI.
The 3rd VI made up of Ella Royden
(
Maidwell Hall
), Tara Wilson OSE, Ceci
Sutcliffe OSE, Caitlin Scott OSE, Georgia
Paymaster-Billington (
Swanbourne House
),
Willa Robertson (
Pinewood
), and Ella Davis
(
Kingston Grammar
) started the season
with a narrow loss to Cheltenham (3-6)
before overcoming both Bloxham (9-0) and
Bradfield (4-0).
The 4th VI also enjoyed victories from
both their fixtures against Cheltenham
(8-1) and Bloxham (9-0) whilst the 5th VI
won their only match against Cheltenham
College (5-4).
Among the junior girls’ sides, the U15C
VI of Phoebe Cain (
Dragon
), Kitty Howard
(
St John’s, Leatherhead
), Aimée Joubert
(
San Anton, Malta
), Josie Piech (
Leibniz-
Oberschule, Berlin
), Lily Thorne (
Cranford
),
and Izzy Wates (
Cottesmore
) had a winning
season, with a particularly dominant win
versus Bloxham (8-1), with winning seasons
also achieved by the U14A, the U14B, and
the U14C VIs.
The boys’ 1st VI started the season well,
with the team of Greg Kratt OSE, Edward
Beccle OSE, Henry Bray OSE, Edmund
Elvidge (
Sussex House
), Harvey Elvidge
(
Sussex House
), and Giles Wordsworth
(
New College
) winning against Cheltenham
(7-2), Bloxham (9-0) and Malvern (5-4).
The 2nd VI continued a similar pattern,
with three winning fixtures against Bloxham
(4-0), Malvern (5-2), and Bradfield (5-4).
The boys’ 3rd VI won one and lost one,
with the win a good performance against
Cheltenham (6-3) on the opening weekend
of the season.
Hamish Roots OSE
Natasha Tisminieszky OSE and Danielle Lim (
Windlesham House
)
Ed Belcher OSE